diff --git a/client/assets/styles/game.css b/client/assets/styles/game.css
index 54000f09..72be6b32 100644
--- a/client/assets/styles/game.css
+++ b/client/assets/styles/game.css
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 
 .opponent {
     grid-area: opponent;
+    transform: perspective(23rem);
 }
 
 .opponent .combat-text {
@@ -294,8 +295,18 @@ CRYP DAMAGE
     position: relative;
     height: 100%;
     min-width: 200px;
+    /*animation: rotate 1s infinite ease-in-out alternate;*/
 }
 
+/*@keyframes rotate {
+    0% {
+        transform: rotateY(0deg);
+    }
+    100% {
+        transform: rotateY(50deg);
+    }
+}
+*/
 .resolving .skills button {
     display: none;
 }
diff --git a/client/src/components/instance.equip.jsx b/client/src/components/instance.equip.jsx
index 198c56e2..449a6df5 100644
--- a/client/src/components/instance.equip.jsx
+++ b/client/src/components/instance.equip.jsx
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@ function Equipment(props) {
         } return false;
     });
 
+    if (skills.every(s => !s)) skills.push(<button disabled={true}>&nbsp;</button>);
+    if (specs.every(s => !s)) specs.push(<figure key={0}>&nbsp;</figure>);
+
     return (
         <div className="equip" >
             <div className={skillClass} onClick={e => unequipClick(e)} onMouseOver={e => hoverInfo(e, 'equipSkills')} >
diff --git a/server/src/net.rs b/server/src/net.rs
index e55915f9..86b162ad 100644
--- a/server/src/net.rs
+++ b/server/src/net.rs
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ use serde_cbor::{to_vec};
 use std::env;
 use std::thread::{spawn, sleep};
 use std::time::{Instant, Duration};
-use std::any::Any;
-use std::panic;
 
 use r2d2::{Pool};
 use r2d2::{PooledConnection};
@@ -35,8 +33,8 @@ struct RpcErrorResponse {
     err: String
 }
 
-fn receive(db: Db, rpc: &Rpc, msg: Message, client: &mut WebSocket<TcpStream>) -> Result<String, Error> {
-    match rpc.receive(msg, &db, client) {
+fn receive(db: Db, begin: Instant, rpc: &Rpc, msg: Message, client: &mut WebSocket<TcpStream>) -> Result<String, Error> {
+    match rpc.receive(msg, begin, &db, client) {
         Ok(reply) => {
             let response = to_vec(&reply)
                 .expect("failed to serialize response");
@@ -62,18 +60,18 @@ pub fn db_connection(url: String) -> Pool<PostgresConnectionManager> {
         .expect("Failed to create pool.")
 }
 
-fn print_panic_payload(ctx: &str, payload: &(Any + Send + 'static)) {
-    let d = format!("{:?}", payload);
-    let s = if let Some(s) = payload.downcast_ref::<String>() {
-        &s
-    } else if let Some(s) = payload.downcast_ref::<&str>() {
-        s
-    } else {
-        // "PAYLOAD IS NOT A STRING"
-        d.as_str()
-    };
-    info!("{}: PANIC OCCURRED: {}", ctx, s);
-}
+// fn print_panic_payload(ctx: &str, payload: &(Any + Send + 'static)) {
+//     let d = format!("{:?}", payload);
+//     let s = if let Some(s) = payload.downcast_ref::<String>() {
+//         &s
+//     } else if let Some(s) = payload.downcast_ref::<&str>() {
+//         s
+//     } else {
+//         // "PAYLOAD IS NOT A STRING"
+//         d.as_str()
+//     };
+//     info!("{}: PANIC OCCURRED: {}", ctx, s);
+// }
 
 pub fn start() {
     // panic::set_hook(Box::new(|panic_info| {
@@ -120,13 +118,8 @@ pub fn start() {
                     Ok(msg) => {
                         let begin = Instant::now();
                         let db_connection = db.get().expect("unable to get db connection");
-                        match receive(db_connection, &rpc, msg, &mut websocket) {
-                            Ok(method) => {
-                                match method.as_ref() {
-                                    "pong" => (),
-                                    _ => info!("response sent. total duration: {:?}", begin.elapsed()),
-                                }
-                            },
+                        match receive(db_connection, begin, &rpc, msg, &mut websocket) {
+                            Ok(_) => (),
                             Err(e) => warn!("{:?}", e),
                         }
                     },
diff --git a/server/src/rpc.rs b/server/src/rpc.rs
index 78756910..0d7f0ad1 100644
--- a/server/src/rpc.rs
+++ b/server/src/rpc.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use std::net::{TcpStream};
 
 // demo
 use std::iter;
+use std::time::Instant;
 use rand::{thread_rng, Rng};
 use rand::distributions::{Alphanumeric};
 
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ use item::{Item, ItemInfoCtr, item_info};
 pub struct Rpc;
 
 impl Rpc {
-    pub fn receive(&self, msg: Message, db: &Db, client: &mut WebSocket<TcpStream>) -> Result<RpcResponse, Error> {
+    pub fn receive(&self, msg: Message, begin: Instant, db: &Db, client: &mut WebSocket<TcpStream>) -> Result<RpcResponse, Error> {
         // consume the ws data into bytes
         let data = msg.into_data();
 
@@ -51,8 +52,6 @@ impl Rpc {
                     None => "none".to_string(),
                 };
 
-                info!("method={:?} account={:?}", v.method, account_name);
-
                 // check the method
                 // if no auth required
                 match v.method.as_ref() {
@@ -104,6 +103,8 @@ impl Rpc {
 
                 tx.commit()?;
 
+                info!("method={:?} account={:?} duration={:?}", v.method, account_name, begin.elapsed());
+
                 return response;
             },
             Err(e) => {